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XIV.—The Relation between Normal Take-up or Contraction and Degree of Twist in Twisted Threads when the Singles are of Unequal Sizes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Thomas Oliver
Affiliation:
London and Edinburgh
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In a former paper (vol. xxvi., pt. iii., p. 186) the author proved that the contraction due to forming a single thread,

and the contraction due to the two-ply twisting,

where D = diameter of circle in which the axes of singles revolve.

d = diameter of single.

l = length of untwisted single.

L = length of twisted single.

n = turns of twist in single.

x = turns of twist in 2-ply.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1907

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